भर्ता देवो गुरुर्भर्ता धर्म तीर्थ व्रतानि च । तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य पतिमेकं समर्चयेत
bhartā devo gururbhartā dharma tīrtha vratāni ca | tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya patimekaṃ samarcayeta
ତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସ୍ୱାମୀ ହିଁ ଦେବ, ସ୍ୱାମୀ ହିଁ ଗୁରୁ; ସ୍ୱାମୀ ହିଁ ଧର୍ମ, ତୀର୍ଥ ଓ ବ୍ରତ। ତେଣୁ ସବୁକିଛି ପରିତ୍ୟାଗ କରି ଏକମାତ୍ର ସ୍ୱାମୀଙ୍କୁ ସମ୍ୟକ୍ ଆରାଧନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wife performs worship to her husband as if to a deity: offering flowers, lamp, and respectful salutations; behind them appear symbolic icons of dharma, tīrtha, and vrata merging into his figure.
It elevates marital devotion as a comprehensive dharma, equating it with worship, pilgrimage, and vows.
Tīrtha is invoked as a concept; the chapter’s placement in Kāśī Khaṇḍa keeps Kāśī as the overarching sacred backdrop.
Samarcana (devotional honoring/worship) of the husband is prescribed as paramount.